https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/660/8990/EGortonHGortonLCM430807.2.pdf 3547c2ce0cfaf822060f4fd63b7f219d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gorton, Harold Description An account of the resource 136 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Harold Gorton (1914 - 1944, 120984, Royal Air Force) and contains eight photographs and 126 letters to his wife and family. Harold Gorton studied at Oxford, and throughout his time in the RAF he continued studying law. He completed a tour of operations as a pilot in 1941 and was then posted as an instructor to RAF Cark. He returned to operations with 49 Squadron stationed at RAF Fulbeck in 1944. He was killed 11/12 November 1944 during an operation to Harburg.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mair Gorton and Ian Gorton, and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on&nbsp;Harold Gorton is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/108964/">IBCC Losses Database</a>. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-05-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gorton, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Farnworth, Saturday. Dearest, If this letter is a little disjointed you’ll have to blame it on Jennifer, who seems to find her chief amusement in playing with me. I got here at 5.45 yesterday, coming on the 4.10 from Preston, - the one you & I waited for. In Bolton I met Norris Parker, who was very cut up because Geoffrey is missing – from the Hamburg raid a week last Thursday, when we lost 28. It was [inserted] his [/inserted] first trip after coming back from leave. [page break] 2. Dad wasn’t [inserted] completely [/inserted] better yesterday but he managed to go off to St Annes, although Alice carried his case to Bolton. He will be there a fortnight, from the 6th to the 20th. Mother thinks it a good idea for us to try to get a house, difficult though it may be, & she suggests, if you like, that you should stay on here for a few days & have a look round after I’ve gone back. She was very pleased indeed that we used this house when we wanted. I don’t think anything could have pleased her more. They both like [page break] 3 our dinner service. Alice would swap hers for ours if we would agree, as she thinks it much nicer. I’ve seen in the Journal an advertisement of an auction sale next Wednesday in Bolton. I think the only things of interest are easy chairs & possibly a sideboard. I suggested that Alice should go & look at them on Tuesday & buy a couple of chairs if they are suitable. I’m sending the advert. What do you think? Perhaps I can get Alice to ring you up on Tuesday if she goes to look & thinks they are worth getting. I’ve no idea what [page break] 4 price we ought to pay. Would £10 for the two be too much or too little? It’s been quite nice here, but but [sic] it’s not the same without you. I had the double bed in Mother’s room to myself last night. Mother was with Alice & Mary at her other grandma’s. It seemed an awful waste to be there on my own. When Mary came this morning, her first words were “Where’s Auntie Lilian?” In just over a fortnight I shall see you again, darling, & then in another month I shall get some leave, so I’m beginning to think that the time will be [page break] endurable. Bob has received the razor, & has had his best shave for six months, so it was worth getting it. Norman is now in Sicily. All my love, Harold. On talking it over with Alice, she says she’ll go & have a look at the stuff on Tuesday, but she’d like you to reply by return – instead of phoning, to say (a) what you’d like her to try for (b) what price she should go to. You can be assured that she won’t buy anything unless she really thinks it worth the money. [page break] If you don’t think much if the stuff advertised, don’t hesitate to say so. She’s quite willing to get it for us, but just the same, she won’t be sorry to be let out of it. Finally, Mother has just raised the storage question, to which my only suggestion is to get the auctioneer to store it for a few weeks. All things considered, perhaps you would let Alice know whether you think it’s worth going on with, & if so, what you want, & at what price. Harold Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource He writes of his family and his journey to Farnworth and an auction taking place in Bolton. He mentions a colleague who is missing after a operation to Hamburg. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harold Gorton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Six handwritten sheets Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EGortonHGortonLCM430807 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Cumbria England--Farnworth (Bolton (Greater Manchester)) England--Lancashire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Title A name given to the resource Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 aircrew RAF Cark